Insolvency professionals face the challenging task of achieving a good recovery for creditors whilst managing the demands of creditors, appointors and other interested parties.
Insolvency practice requires good legal support with specialised insolvency knowledge as well as broad legal expertise in commercial and property law.
We act for liquidators and receivers on a range of contentious and non-contentious legal issues across a variety of sectors and industries. Our Litigation and Insolvency Law specialists are supported by our business and property lawyers to provide a comprehensive legal service.
Our expertise
Voidable transactions and charges
Liquidator claims under the Companies Act
Recovery of company assets and debts recovery
Priority issues between creditors’ claims
Security interests and the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA)
Construction Contracts Act claims
Licensing and agency agreements
Creditor compromises
Property and commercial leases issues
Shareholder disputes
Rights and duties of liquidators and receivers
Directors’ duties and liability
Contractual disputes
Employment law
Selling businesses and companies
Recent work for receivers and liquidators
Representing and advising:
Receivers in High Court proceedings involving a claim in relation to the disputed ownership of company assets.
Liquidators in various voidable transaction claims for voidable payments and charges.
Liquidators in relation to the validity of a GSA and competing security interests.
Receivers in relation to priority issues between a GSA holder, a debt factoring financier and a PMSI supplier.
Liquidators in relation to payment claims and retentions under a construction contract.
Liquidators in connection with contentious procedural issuing arising from a creditors’ meeting.
Liquidators in relation to the validity of a shareholder appointment.
Receivers in a dispute with liquidators over whether assets come with the GSA holder’s security.